One of the fallen ones is Hallownest, a city that is built underground in a subterranean world that is full of luminescent light sources. Some of them have fallen while others have risen, sometimes one top of the other. (There are bugs that are not sapient too these are considered as “beasts”.)Īnyway, sapient bug civilizations had been around for a long time.

The game takes place in a fictional fantastical world where anthropomorphic bugs are the main sapient species. Starting with a poem that is addressed to some enigmatic but revered person is one way to get the new player’s attention.

This happened, and the result is Hollow Knight. It would not take long for some developer to have the idea to somehow mash them together into the same game. By Gelugon_baat | Review Date: March 24, 2020ĭark Souls, Castlevania and Metroid established gameplay formulae that work well in engaging the gameplay.